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Haughton, of Wembley, north London, was convicted at the Old Bailey this week of the attempted murders of PCs Hinchliff and Harding.

He was also found guilty of assaulting six other officers, including causing grievous bodily harm to PC Robb.

Haughton caused minor injuries to two female officers during an incident in October last year.

Attacked: Pictured left to right are Alastair Hinchliff, Andrew Robb, John Charlton, Tom Harding and Sham Haque who were involved in the incident in a butcher's

He was allowed bail but in November he caused chaos when he launched his knife attack in Kingsbury, north London.

He was heard chanting ‘God help me to kill my enemies’ moments before the attack.

The police were called and when two
officers tried to speak to him, the 33-year-old, who was armed with a
ten-inch butcher’s knife, refused to calm down and bit one of them on
the arm before throwing bricks at him injuring his hand.

Stabbing: The knife used by Haughton who has been detained without limit for his attack on several policeman

As
back-up arrived, Haughton made his way towards the butcher’s shop but
stopped to throw a breeze block at the patrol car’s windscreen and tins
of baked beans grabbed from a shop at pursuing officers.

He
then stormed into a Halal butchers screaming 'Give me a chopper! Give
me a chopper!' before he grabbed the knife and turned on officers who
feared he may attack innocent workers or shoppers.

One officer, PC Thomas Harding, tried to
pin him down with a riot shield but Haughton managed to straddle him
and repeatedly stabbed the officer who wore a stab proof vest until one
blow pierced below the protection into his bowel.

As another officer, PC Alastair
Hinchliff, pushed Haughton off PC Harding, he too fell to the floor and
Haughton slashed him across the left side of his face from temple to ear
with the knife penetrating his cheek into the mouth.

Evidence: PC Stephen Barker, seen arriving at the Old Bailey, said Christopher Haughton bit him and tore his sleeve off with his teeth

He then stabbed PC Hinchliff in the
upper and lower arm exposing the muscle and tendons of the arm as other
officers struck him with their batons with no effect.

Haughton then lashed out twice cutting across PC Andre Robb’s knee.

'Despite
his continued violence' officers managed to pin him against the meat
counter but as they tried to cuff him, Haughton attempted to stab PC
Shaun Haque in the neck but an officer managed to grab his wrists.

Edward Brown QC, prosecuting, told the court that some of the officers now found it difficult to attend incidents where a knife might be involved.

Incident: Police cordoned off the scene after the stabbings in Kingsbury, north west London. Medical supplies can be seen strewn across the road

PC Harding had nine inches of
intestine removed after he was stabbed in the stomach through a shield
after being pinned on the ground.

He suffered 'unspeakable pain' and thought he was going to die.

PC Hinchliff, who was stabbed in the face and arm when he went to help his colleague, said he had been left with scars on his face.

Mr Brown said: 'He tends to shy away from incidents when mention is made of someone carrying a knife.'

Attack: As police tried to put Haughton into handcuffs he attempted to stab another officer in the neck

He told the trial: 'It was perhaps only a matter of very good fortune that some of the police officers escaped with their lives.'

Detective Inspector Keely Smith said later: 'Without the intervention of other officers at the scene who were able to eventually restrain Haughton, the outcome could have been very different.'

In pre-trial legal hearings Haughton
claimed he was Jesus Christ and police were trying to stop him in his
work of urging gang members to lay down their arms.

Haughton claimed he was insane and had acted in the way he did because police were trying to kill him.

Haughton was also convicted of ABH on
WPC Vicky Vincent and common assault on WPC Alison Spruce just a month
before in October 2011.

Police had been called to Haughton’s
bedsit in Streatham, south London, as he played loud music, brandished a
samurai sword and threatened other residents forcing them to flee.

When one resident complained about the
music, Haughton pushed him down the stairs and then tried to kick in all
the bedsit doors, causing £2,500 of damage.

When officers arrived he charged at
them armed with a broom and in the violent struggle officers had to use
CS spray to subdue him.

However, he still managed to bite WPC
Vincent in her thigh drawing blood and only let go when another officer
whacked him on his shoulders with a baton.